A number of devices are currently in development that could be used to provide real-time data and metrics specific to individual players partaking in sport, giving audiences and commentators more detailed information on performance levels during contests.

For example, US startup company, Zepp, is beginning to see the benefits of $15m-worth of investment and has now introduced a new device used to measure the movements of baseball, golf and tennis players' actions.

The company’s one-inch-square sensor is attached to a bat, club or racket and can track a number of metrics while the piece of equipment is in use.

At the moment, coaches and players are using the data in order to target areas for improvement with data being transferred to apps on Android or iOS devices. This then gives professionals the chance to observe, assess and manipulate data to help benefit training regimes.

However, as the technology grows more prominent, the entertainment industry could make use of player-specific data to present to viewers or supply to commentators to improve in-game analysis.